Battalion Presents 6 Achievement Awards
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The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Published By
Students of Texas A&M
For 74 Years
Number 93: Volume 52
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1952
Price Five Cents
Realtor Plans Million Dollar Housing Area
Culpepper to Start
Building by Mar. 15
By FRANK DAVIS
Battalion City Editor
A development which may bring an estimated one and
a quarter million dollars in improvements to the City of Col
lege Station during 1952 was outlined this week by J. C. Cul
pepper, College Station and Bryan realtor.
The housing project, scheduled to begin by March 15, in
cludes plans and specifications for the erection of 141 fam
ily units in the Oak Terrace Addition, located on the old
Tauber tract in North College Station.
An agreement for the extension of city utility lines to
the area is expected to be made at a meeting of the city
i council Tuesday night, according to Ernest Langford, Mayor.
It will cost the city approximately $30,000 to extend
water, sewerage, and electric lines to the area, said Raymond
Rogers, city manager.
Culpepper pointed' out that on the basis of present as-
’ sessment figures, ad valorem property taxes would bring the
city ^bout $5,000 in additional revenues each year.
Plans call for the erection of 25 two and three bedroom
houses and 58 duplexes consisting of one, two, and three
bedroom apartments. The housing units will be made avail
able to Bryan Air Force Base personnel exclusively.
The single family houses will sell for $8,250, said Cul
pepper, and the apartments will rent for $60, $65, and $80 per
month.
“Local builders will be contract-
ed to construct the houses as much
as possible,” Culpepper said. He
added that plans and specifications
would be distributed this week
for bids.
The developer estimated'that all
the houses would be completed by
July 1, with the first house finish
ed within 90 days.
r Oak Terrace Addition covers an
area of 109 acres located in Col
lege Station and Bryan. Eighty-
nine houses in the $8,250-$9,500
t, price range are planned in the Bry
an portion. A wooded section with
in the Bryan city limits has been
broken down into 85 lots for the
'' v ection of larger residential dwell-
As.
Gravel and black top streets will
be laid over the entire subdivision,
and possibly curbs and gutters,
said Culpepper.
Improvements in the addition
wih be financed by a one and
three, quarter million dollar loan
from Prudential Insurance of
America.
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Dr. I. B. Boughton
M. L. Cashion
Dr. Howard W. Barlow
FHA Insures Loan
The Federal Housing Adminis-
tration has insured the loan due
(o the fact that Brazos County
vas declared a critical area be
cause of the housing shortage by
_>he FHA and The Housing and
Homes Finance Agency.
FHA granted allocations for the
Oak Terrace Addition because of
the area’s proximity to College
Station and Bryan, Culpepper said.
Langford emphasized that the
future of the development was de
pendent upon Bryan Air Force
Base. The mayor pointed out that
College Station did not have a crit
ical housing shortage. It was his
fear that should the air base close,
the city would face a serious prob
lem of maintaining the area.
Twenty-three acres lying adja
cent to old Sulphur Springs Road
(See NEW HOUSING, Page 3)
Langford Directs
Brownsville Meet
Ernest Langford, head of the de
partment of architecture, recently
served as professional adviser to
prepare and supervise a competi
tion program for the selection of
an architect. The architect select
ed will design and supervise con
struction of an $890,000 Fort
Brown Memorial Center in
Brownsville.
Richard Vrooman, instructor in
the department of architecture,
was awarded second prize in the
competition by a Jury of Awards.
The prize for working drawings
and specification for the project
was a cash award of $750.
The memorial center includes
an aduitorium, library, town hall,
youth center, women’s center,
kitchen facilities, and a swimming
pool. The site for the center is
the parade grounds of old Fort
Brown in Brownsville.
Seven Students
Donate Blood
To Dr. Trotter
Seven A&M students con
tributed a pint of blood each
between semesters to the John
Sealy Hospital in Galveston.
The donation was used to re
place blood “borrowed” by Dr.
Ide P. Trotter, dean of the Grad
uate School, during his stay there,
official sources disclosed yester
day.
Robert Lee Smith, V. W. Uher,
Joe B. Blanchette, Edward T. Lew
is, Jr., David W. Roberts, John
Gottlob, and Phillip E. Jacobs
were the students from Galveston
who contributed the blood. Smith
is president of the Galveston A&M
Club and not only gave blood but
was responsible for soliciting of
donors from the club.
Moved to Galveston
Doctor Trotter had been in a
local hospital before being moved
to the Galveston Hospital where
four pints of blood were used in
transfusion during an operation.
Because hospital blood supply
was used, replacement of the blood
or payment was required.
That’s where the A&M students
entered the case. On their own,
they each donated a pint, giving
the hospital at the same time three
surplus half quarts of the much
needed blood.
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Service to College
Brings Recognition
By The Battalion Staff
Six members of the college staff were named winners of
this year’s Battalion Achievement award. They are Dr. I.
B. Boughton, M. L. Cashion, Dr. Howard W. Barlow, Dur-
wood Earl Newsom, Dr. Ralph Steen and Dan Russell.
The award is made annually to men on the basis of
“what they have done beyond the work called for in their
job.”
Winners of the award are selected annually by members
of The Battalion staff and are announced at the annual Stu
dent Publications Prof-Student Banquet.
Each award winner was presented a special certificate
which gave the reason why he won the award. Presentations
were made last night in Sbisa Hall.
The awards have been made for the past five years.
The citation on the award read:
“On behalf of the students of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, The Battalion expresses its appreciation to . . . 4
Dr. I. B. Boughton
“. . . to Dr. I. B. Boughton, dean of the school of veterinary med
icine, for his work in building A&M’s school of veterinary medicine to
its present high standing, while still saving time to be active in college
and professional affairs beyond the scope of academic life.”
Mason Lee Cashion
“. . . to Mr. Mason Lee Cashion, secretary of the YMCA, for being
a second father to thousands of Aggies during his 25 year tenure at
A&M.”
Dr. Howard W. Barlow
“. . . to Dean Howard W. Barlow, school of engineering, for his
capable management of the sprawling engineering network at A&M.”
Dr. Ralph Steen
“. . . to Dr. Ralph Steen, professor of history, for his capable and
judicious work in student life while maintaining the highest classroom
standards.”
Durwood Earl Newsom
“. . . to Durwood Earl Newsom, assistant professor of journalism,
for his work with the students. His teaching requires students to
exert maximum effort, at the same thins he is able to retain their
friendship and respect.”
Dan Russell
“. . . to Professor Dan Russell, professor of rural sociology, for
instilling in his students his own kindly, generous, and understanding
philosophy of life.”
Dr. Ralph Steen
Earl Newsom
Dan Russell
Outstanding Piano Duo
Morley and Gearhart in Town Hall
By BERT WELLER
Battalion Staff Writer
The widely acclaimed American
duo-piano team of Morley and
Gearhart make their Town Hall
debut tonight at 8 in Guion Hall.
Their program will include popu
lar classics and semi-classical
works.
In the field of piano ensembles,
they have been ranked with the
best by musical experts from coast
to coast. The combination of Vir
ginia Morley and Livingston Gear
hart was called a “top-flight team ed his TV series, the young pian-
Sophomores Need
Sweetheart Entries
The deadline for turning in con
testants for the sweetheart of the
Sophomore Ball is Friday, Feb. 15
All sophomores are reminded of
the approaching deadline and are
requested to submit their pictures
as soon as possible, Hugh Philip-
pus, sweetheart committee chair
man, said.
All the members of the Sweet
heart committee are trying to get
the students of the Class of ’54,
interested in the Sophomore Ball,
for the Sweetheart to be picked
is the class Sweetheart, and should
be of interest to all the second
year men, Phillips said.
Participation Important
“The Dance committee wants
fo show each sophomore how im
portant participation in this soc
ial event is, for it’s through dances
of this sort the class treasury
can be built up,” he added.
By taking part in the social
activities of this sort, it makes
the'cost of the Junior Banquet and
the Senior Ring Dance, a little eas
ier, Philippus explained.
Pictures
Pictures of sweetheart candi
dates may be submitted to: Dick
Porter, dorm 11-220; Clancy Woli-
ver, dorm 10-202; John Farrell,
dorm 3- 09; Jim Weatherby, dorm
2-409; and Hugh Philippus, dorm
11-123.
Along with the picture the girl’s
name, hometown, age, height,
weight, waist, bust, and hip mea
surements, the school she is at
tending, and the color of her hair
and eyes, should be included. These
vital statistics should be cm a slip
of paper securely attached to the
photo, Philippus said.
of duo-pianists” by Virgil Thom
son, dean of American musical
critics.
Piano recitals by Morley and
Gearhart feature commentary by
the two artists on the works to
be presented. Although the com
ments are accurate and informa
tive, the usual serious language
of the professional musician is
not allowed to spoil the spontan
eous wit of the performers.
Talented Musician
A sparkling beauty, Miss Morley
is a talented musician of the high
est caliber. A native of California,
she won highest honors in piano
and composition at Mills College,
then went to Paris to study under
Robert Casadesus.
Gearhart is a native of Buffalo,
N. Y. He studied at the Curtis
Institute in Philadelphia and then
went to France for study under
Nadia Boulanger. The two students
met while studying at Fontainbleu
Conservatory. Marriage and a mer
ger of careers soon followed.
The newly-weds met with in
stantaneous success in their Paris
debut and engagements all over
the continent soon followed. Re
turning to America, New York ac
claimed them in appearances at
Town Hall and in concerts under
the auspices of th League of Com
posers and the New York Phil
harmonic-Symphony League.
Jazz and Classics
Equally at home with jazz as
with the classics, the team of Mor
ley and Gearhart has invaded the
radio, television, and night club
fields. They have appeared regular
ly since 1943 on Fred Waring’s
radio show. When Waring launch-
ists followed him into the new
world of video.
A composer as well as a pianist,
Gearhart has made many of the
arrangements used by the pair. His
“Baby Boogie” is one of the hit
numbers of their Columbia record
album and a popular concert en
core.
The artistic possibilities of this
talented team has prompted other
musicians to compose especially for
them. Morley and Gearhart have
had works dedicated to them by
three of today’s most prominent
composers, Darius Milhaud, Nor
man Dello Joio, and David Dia
mond.
The well travelled pair carry
their own matched Steinway pianos
with them while on tour. The in
struments are carried in their
own custom-built bus. They claim
that knowing all about the pianos
in which they will play, improve
their performances greatly.
A&M Campus Beautiful
In an interview yesterday after
noon, Mrs. Gearhart commented on
the beauty of the A&M campus and
particularly the MSG. A real beau
ty herself, she stated that engage
ments on campuses were the most
enjoyable part of any tour. Col
lege audiences are always more
friendly and they allow them to
work in some of the jazz that
they both enjoy doing, she said.
The Gearharts have spent almost
three days on the campus in which
time they have Irtard the Aggie
land Orchestra, the Singing Ca
dets and have been guests of the
Cadet Corps.
“The student orchestra is very
good and some of their arrange
ments are really something,” Miss
Morley said.
When not on tour, the two pian
ists spend their time in Pennsyl
vania near Fred Waring’s home.
Between Gearhart’s arranging, ap
pearances on the Waring program,
and concert engagements, the pair
manages to lead a very busy life.
An unusual request was recent
ly received by Morley and Gearhart
regarding one of their appearances
on the three-months concert tour
(See TOWN HALL, Page 3)
MSC Talent Show
Planned March 7
A talent show, sponsored by the
Music committee of the MSC, will
be held with several other Texas
schools participating. The show is
to be held March 7, according to
Miss Betty Bolander, MSC assist
ant social director.
Miss Bolander left early Wed
nesday on a trip that will take
her and a committee of three to
Baylor, SMU, TSCW and NTSC
in search of talent for the coming
program. The program, which will
be entirely intercollegiate, will be
conducted on a non-competitive ba
sis since the object is for enter
tainment only, Miss Bolander said.
The MSC Music committee is
composed of Jim Rollins, chairman,
and members Reese Gallimore,
George Berner, and Miss Bolander.
Graebner, Hebard
To be RE Speakers
Col. Eugene J. Graebner, Chap-1 school at St. John’s Academy, Win-
lain of the Fourteenth Air Force, | field, Kansas, and junior college at
and Dr. Roger D. Hebard, pastor
of the First Baptist Church,, Den
ton, complete the group of 12 re
ligious leaders who will live in the
dorms with the students during
Religious Emphasis Week which
starts Feb. 17.
Students in Dorms 2 and 4 will
have discussion and forum groups
led by Colonel Graebner in the
lounge of Dorm 2. Dr. Hebard
will live in Walton Hall and lead
the sessions in the Walton Hall
Lounge.
Afternoon sessions will start
at 4:30 and last till fi. Any sub
ject the students desire will be
discussed. Immediately after sup
per the evening meetings will get
under way. Discussions for these
sesions were selected earlier in
the year by the students.
Col, Greabner completed high
Members of the Student Publica
tions staff had as their guests at
the banquet members of the facul
ty. The affair is an annual func*
tion which includes students from
all six student publications—Thai
Battalion, Aggieland ’52, The
Commentator, The Agriculturist,
The Engineer, and The Southwest
Veterinarian.
Principal speaker for the eve
ning was Dr. Thomason Shannon,
pastor of the First Community
Church of Dallas and an authority
on marriage and family relations.
He spoke on the stability of
families and chances for success
in marriage.
Entertainment for the evening
was furnished by Bud Barlow and
his “Brazos Bottom Boggie Bust
ers” — an orchestra composed of
faculty and staff members. The
group was conducted by their own
“Tosconini,” Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean
of the school of arts and sciences.
Master of ceremonies for the
program was Bob Brown, editor
of The Engineer. He opened the
program with a brief description
of all the publications.
As a special award on the part
of The Agriculturist, Jim Leh
mann, editor, gave recognition to
Dr. A. L. Darnell of the daii-y
husbandry department. The award,
in recognition of his reputation
with students in that department,
was a live rooster.
St. John’s College also in Win
field.
AB In 1925
He received his AB Degree from
Concordia Theological Seminary
at St. Louis Mo. in 1925 and his
BD Degree at the same school in
1927.
In the same year he was ordain
ed as a ministed of the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod at St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church, Youngs-
| town, Ohio.
Col. Graebner seiwed as pastor
for three churches and as the in
stitutional chaplain, City Prison
and Kings County Hospital, Brook
lyn, N. Y., between 1927 and 1940
when he was called into active
military sendee. He had accepted
an Army Reserve appointment as
(See SPEAKERS, Page 3)
Methodist Chapel
Dedication Sunday
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The Upper Room Chapel, locat
ed on the third floor of the educa
tional building of the A&M Meth
odist Church will be dedicated at
3 p. m. Sunday.
The chapel has been built frc*n
the time, labor, and funds of the
Kum Dubl . Sunday School class
sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. D. L,
Belcher. A class reunion will be
held Sunday morning. The class
organizer, the Rev. Carlos Davis,
of La Port, is to be the guest
speaker Sunday morning.
Members, dating back to 1948,1
the year the class was founded,
will be guests at a breakfast given
by the Kum Dubl class members.